Mystery Disease In Congo Spreading Mainly Among Children, Putting Severely Malnourished People At Risk, WHO Says

Reuters (12/9, More) reports, “A mystery disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading mainly among children and putting severely malnourished people at risk, according to the World Health Organization, which sent experts to the region to investigate the outbreak.” In a Sunday update, “the WHO said 406 cases of the undiagnosed disease were recorded between Oct. 24 and Dec. 5, 31 of which were deaths.” The disease’s symptoms “are fever, headache, cough, runny nose and body aches.” Every severe case was “reported to be severely malnourished, and the majority of reported cases were children, particularly those aged under five, the WHO said.”